The Economics of World War I

This unique volume offers a definitive new history of European economies at war from 1914 to 1918. It studies how European economies mobilized for war existing economic institutions stood up under the strain economic development influenced outcomes and wartime experience influenced postwar economic growth. Leading international experts provide the first systematic comparison of economies at war between 1914 and 1918 based on the best available data for Britain Germany France Russia the U.S. Italy Turkey Austria-Hungary and the Netherlands. A companion volume to the acclaimed The Economics of World War II the volume is a major contribution to our understanding of total war.